Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi holds first meeting with President Thein Sein
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi walks out of a hotel on her way to a meeting with President Thein Sein at the president’s official residence in the capital Naypyidaw on Apr. 11, 2012.
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has held her first round of talks with President Thein Sein since being elected to parliament last week.
Voice of America says that the details of the discussion have not yet been disclosed, but CBC reports that the spokesman for her National League for Democracy Nyan Win confirmed it was a very important meeting.
He is quoted as saying that the talks would revolve around democratization and the peace process with ethnic rebels, as well as parliamentary affairs.
The BBC explains that this is the second time that Suu Kyi has met the President, and that these latest talks are the first since she led her party to win 43 of 44 seats it contested in the Apr. 1 by-election.
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The last meeting was in August, but the news service points out that the military-back government has made a number of concessions since then; it has released hundreds of political prisoners and made efforts to negotiate peace deals with ethnic rebel groups.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said that although the details of the meeting have been kept private, Suu Kyi has previously indicated she would not take a ministry because it would require her to relinquish her seat in the parliament. However, she said she may consider an advisory role.
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